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Where is Waru spoken?

Waru is an Austronesian language, spoken in Indonesia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Waru is spoken

Waru is spoken in one country: Indonesia.

Country
Indonesia

Waru has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Waru?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Waru sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Waru as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Celebic
  4. Greater Eastern Celebic
  5. Eastern Celebic
  6. Southeastern Celebic
  7. Bungku-Tolaki
  8. Western Bungku-Tolaki
  9. West Coast Bungku-Tolaki
  10. Waru

Related languages

Other languages in the West Coast Bungku-Tolaki group:

More about Waru

Codes: ISO 639-3 wru, Glottolog waru1266. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Waru

Where is Waru spoken?

Waru is spoken in Indonesia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Waru in?

Glottolog places Waru in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Greater Eastern Celebic, Eastern Celebic, Southeastern Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki, Western Bungku-Tolaki and West Coast Bungku-Tolaki.

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